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1 hour ago, billybobbooth said:
You are very true, if i was in a position i would have it as its the sort of boat i would be after hull wise. Most boats have had steel replaced and if you ever stear or use a boat with a wooden bottom there far better in the water in my opp.
Mike H has always said a wooden bottomed boat swims better.
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2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
And that is with a wooden hull, not steel
It looks to my untrained eye as if Spey has ice plates fitted but also the blacking has been stripped off.
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Bought my copy last week, lots of never been seen before pictures.
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12 minutes ago, dmr said:
An inch is norty, specially if it was on the K&A, some of them boats down there are paper thin. But I tend to agree, I suspect the blacking was already failing on the water line, or was put one without removing the loose rust first, it looks rather recent too. With gentle ice breaking, up to maybe 1/4 inch or so, I would expect to see no damage at all
.............Dave.
The blacking at the time was about 20 months old, so the boat was due to be reblacked anyway. Your assumption of it being "rather recent" was incorrect. The boat has since been re blacked.
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3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:
Wait til you see what it does to the blacking around your waterline Dr Bob (not to mention on those moored boats you pass) and it might also be your last ice breaking session.
Went ice breaking to Braunston, January this year. Ice was only about 1/8" thick. Boat needed re blacking after we got back to the marina
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After trawling through all 17 pages I'll keep my cassette bog.
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1 December 2017
CANAL & RIVER TRUST CELEBRATES WATERWAYS HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDING WITH WEEK OF FREE ACTIVITIESThe Canal & River Trust, the charity that looks after 2,000 miles of waterways across England & Wales, is inviting visitors with a National Lottery ticket or scratchcard to experience free special heritage events across its waterways between 11 and 17 December as part of a nationwide campaign to thank National Lottery players.
The rich industrial heritage of the nation’s canals and rivers has been preserved, and in some cases rescued, by the contribution from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). In just five years, the Trust has been awarded approximately £13 million for 18 heritage projects across the network and, since the start of the National Lottery, the waterways of England and Wales have benefited from tens of millions of pounds towards vital heritage repairs and restoration works.
Now some of the buildings and waterways that have been supported by HLF funding will be offering people the chance to experience waterways heritage first hand, with a variety of free offers and behind the scenes tours. These include:
Free offers
• Have a free tea or coffee on 16 and 17 December at Anderton Boat Lift, which received £3.3 million to restore it
• Free entry between 11 and 17 December at the National Waterways Museum Gloucester, which benefitted from £994,000 in funding
• The National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port, which used £790,000 to restore the working boats Mossdale & George, is offering free entry between 11 and 17 December
• Come along to Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum between 11 and 17 December for free entry to the museum, which received £67,000 for interpretationBehind the scenes
• Explore the Roundhouse in Birmingham on Tuesday 12 December before its £2.5 million renovation in 2018. Book on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roundhouse-guided-tours-national-lottery-thankstoyou-event-tickets-40139091102
• Come to the Montgomery Canal on Wednesday 13 December for a special behind the scenes tour of the construction of the £1.2m nature reserves at Aston Locks in Oswestry. Book on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aston-nature-reserves-guided-tour-tickets-40836399771Guided walks
• Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, from Brecon Basin to Watton Limekilns which were transformed with a £65,000 grant. Tuesday 12 December, 11am to 12 pm, meeting at Theatr Brycheiniog – Canal Wharf, Brecon Powys, LD3 7EW. Bookings can be made online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-talk-guided-tour-of-brecon-lime-kilns-tickets-40841371642
• A 6.5-mile circular guided walk on the Pocklington Canal which has received almost £500,000 in HLF funding. Thursday 14 December, 10am to 1pm, meeting outside the Melbourne Arms pub, Main Street, Melbourne Village YO42 4QJ. Bookings can be made online at http://pocklingtoncanal.eventbrite.comRichard Parry, chief executive at the Trust, said: “The waterways the Canal & River Trust takes care of lie at the heart of the nation’s heritage. They are the arteries that fuelled the Industrial Revolution and are fantastic examples of working heritage that is still in use today. The buildings, locks, bridges, wharves and aqueducts that we look after need constant care and attention to preserve and, where necessary, repair them.
“The support we’ve received from players of the National Lottery has made a huge difference to some of the most memorable sights on our canals and rivers, as well as less-known but no less loved places. This December we’re saying thank you for the transformations this funding has helped us achieve. Come along and experience for free a taste of what makes our historic waterways so special.”
Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: “December is a wonderful time to experience the UK’s rich, diverse and exciting heritage, which has been transformed by more than £7bn National Lottery funding since 1994. This is a small gesture of thanks and a way of giving something back to the people who buy tickets.”
For information about the Heritage Lottery Fund Gem in the Landscape project, visit www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/pocklington-canal
For details of how to support the Canal & River Trust by volunteering visit: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/volunteer/opportunities
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For further media requests please contact:
Fran Read, national press officer, Canal & River Trust
m 07796 610 427 e fran.read@canalrivertrust.org.uk
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14 minutes ago, Jess-- said:
the majority fall in by slipping off the gunnels, most catch themselves with the handrails and end up with banged knees and wet ankles / feet.
fewer make the classic mistake of pushing the boat out and forgetting to let go or step on board before the boat goes too far out (belly flop between boat and towpath)
I was taught (if you can call it that) to swim very early in life by being thrown / dropped in the canal from a boat, apparently I worked out pretty quickly how to keep afloat and get out even when fully clothed
Exactly what I did.
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Jeanette is it your initials dyslexicly? (if that is a word)
One made by the Teddesley Boat Co. http://www.narrowboats.co.uk/
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Here's some red and green ones
Second from the left obviously worked for the GUCCCo at some time.
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Fallen in once, Rochdale Canal 2006. This is in 30 odd years of narrowboating and off shore.
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3 hours ago, Dr Bob said:
I didn't know they had built an airport at Wigrams Turn?
Must have, aerial film here:
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29 November 2017
CANAL & RIVER TRUST ROLLS OUT MOORING VALIDATION SCHEMEThe Canal & River Trust is working with mooring operators to confirm that the records the charity holds for boats’ moorings is correct. This will ensure the Trust is monitoring boats against the correct terms and conditions, and will give mooring operators the confidence that their sites aren’t being used fraudulently.
The roll-out follows a pilot involving twelve mooring operators, with the help of the Association of Waterway Cruising Clubs and British Marine. Following a routine check of the sites, the Trust provided the operators with two lists of information to check, comprising boats recorded as having a mooring at the site but not seen, and boats seen moored at the site but not being recorded as having a mooring there. The operators reviewed the lists, following which the boats’ records were updated and, where necessary, boaters were contacted to get an update on the home mooring status for their boats.
The Trust will now ask mooring operators if they would like to sign up to the scheme, which at this stage will run on an opt-in basis. Mooring operators that wish to be involved should contact the Trust via customer services on 030 3040 4040 or the ‘contact us’ page of the charity’s website.
Jon Horsfall, interim head of boating at the Trust, said: “Our boat licence customer support team does a fantastic job making sure that boaters have the information they need to use the waterways fairly. We want to make sure that the data we hold for boaters is up-to-date, so that we can work with them as effectively as possible. The new mooring validation process will also be good news for mooring operators, who will be able to check that the boats on their moorings are the ones that are meant to be there.”
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Rather than hijack the other thread......
Trevor Bolt was also an art teacher of Heart of England High School at Balsall Common.
Mrs T was one of his pupils.
Some examples of his work: http://www.trevorboult.co.uk/gallery/canal-bridges-gallery/
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1 hour ago, IanM said:
They were definitely doubled at some point.
You can even see the coping stones and slight depression in the ground where the duplicate lock was at the 2nd lock down.
I don't know but a suggestion, from David Blagrove's Two Centuries of service?
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There are a couple of pictures of the big freeze in the new book by Mike Webb, The Twilight Years of Narrow Boat Carrying
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Spoke to Mike H today and he said as far as he is aware the Stoke Bruerne flight was only ever one set of double locks. He suggested the disused lock at the top of the flight was a dry dock.
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There may be minor discrepancies in a date or two, but, do you know what? I am just grateful to see all these pictures released for enthusiasts to savour. I am looking forward to showing this book to Mike this week.
There must be many pictures of the past locked away in private collections which will never be aired.
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DasDsm, welcome.
There are lots of ex lumpy water sailors, me included, on here. Plus there are some still involved with la mer.
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A London bus managed to get to the South Pole so they must float.
The Sunday Sport says that so it must be true.
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7 minutes ago, Derek R. said:
That's interesting. Lock 20 is the bottom lock in the flight, and of course the old Northampton Road would not have the bridge that is there today, and the locks would have been narrow ones. The tramway would have been built before the flight had been finished and accommodated transhipment of goods from the bottom of the flight. Logical really, though I do wonder why the word "probable" has been included.
Please correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression the Grand Junction Canal had double locks from its inception.
From David Blagroves At the Heart of the Waterways:
Building began at Braunston, Brentford and Uxbridge during May 1739.......
Starting from the junction with the Oxford Canal, after about a third of a mile, the canal began to ascend the valley by means of six locks, each one being double the width of an Oxford Canal lock.
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On 11/1/2017 at 12:59, rusty69 said:
Trevor Whitling may also travel, worth asking, highly recommended
E mailed Trevor yesterday regarding my BSC which is due soon. Quote:
Hi Ray, thank you for your email but I’m not doing Bss inspections now as hull surveys have become so busy. You could try Chris Williams on 07963 974793 . T/A Ovation boat services.
Regards Trev
On 26 Nov 2017, at 12:06,
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I can't work out what angle this thread is taking.
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Another variation.
Also, you will never look at a duck the same way again....................
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I'll ask him tomorrow.